Sam Mitchell says he wasn't allowed to coach Andrea Bargnani the way he would have li

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Breaking news, water is wet, the sun is hot, and I pay ataxes every year, ,,, oh yeah andrea is soft and will stay that way until someone punches him in the mouth, ,,,,,,,,,,for a year of practices, will he Fold? Will he Thrive?
only way to find out is for someone to start smacking him,
can we pay oakley enough money just to come push this guy around?

Not surprising. Same excuse was used against Carlesimo's practice drills a few years back.

After being told about an idea that would allow the Nets guards to crash the boards while the bigs made a dash up the floor, Carlesimo, who served as an assistant under Triano last season, had this to say, according to Abrams:

“That’s what I wanted to do with [Andrea] Bargnani last year, but [former Raptors coach Jay] Triano wouldn’t let me,” Carlesimo says. “He said it was demeaning. At least our smalls had a chance of getting the rebound.”

If you see a stalled TTC bus anywhere in the city today, you might want to make sure Jay Triano and Andrea Bargnani aren’t under it.

Interesting how this part isn't being talked about from the "straight shooter" Sam Mitchell:

That was a tough draft. I believe in that draft if Brandon Roy didn't have the knee issues he would have been the No. 1 pick, but the reason we passed on Brandon Roy is the reason you see now, his knees," Mitchell explained.

"I'm not disappointed from the standpoint that we took Andrea, but I'm disappointed in that Andrea has yet to reach the potential he has because … Andrea has all-star type talent. He just hasn't played up to it yet.

Even Smitch makes it clear why the organization 1. selected him, and 2. gave him 7 years to prove himself. I've read again and again in here posts that say that Bargnani has no talent and has only 1 NBA skill.

It appears that the straight shooter himself acknowledges the potential they all thought he had.

You gotta realize though.. A kid's 18 years old and he's moving to a different country, culture, and atmosphere. If you push things too hard it can disintegrate. Unfortunately, Bargnani just accepted it as a pass he could get on not working as hard as he should've. Sometimes, you get lucky and sometimes you don't. Valunciunas seems like he understands.